JOB TITLE: Core Faculty/Curriculum Coordinator, Doctor of Occupational Therapy Program

LOCATION: Phoenix, Arizona

DEPARTMENT: Doctor of Occupational Therapy Program (OTD) – AZ

STATUS: Exempt

REPORTS TO: Program Director, OTD - AZ

 

SUMMARY:

Southern California University of Health Sciences is seeking a full-time core faculty member/ curriculum coordinator for an Accelerated Hybrid Doctor of Occupational Therapy (OTD) program for remote teaching with periodic on-site, lab immersions in Phoenix, Arizona. This is a faculty position under the direct supervision of the Program Director for the OTD Program

 

Southern California University of Health Sciences (SCU) is a regionally accredited, nonprofit institution specializing in health care education. SCU is dedicated to its core values of integrative health, evidence-based practice, health equity, and inclusivity.

The university holds institutional accreditation with the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) as well as multiple programmatic accreditations. For more information:

https://www.scuhs.edu/

SCU’s mission is to educate students as competent, caring, and successful integrative healthcare practitioners. Faculty, staff, and students enjoy a collaborative and engaged community that includes an active student association, staff senate, and faculty senate. SCU has been educating practitioners for over 100 years.

The university is proud of the SCU Health Center, a unique educational health and wellness facility residing in the heart of Whittier, California. Skilled and qualified students provide care under the close guidance of expert, licensed SCU Health System practitioners. The SCU Health Center provides chiropractic, acupuncture, Ayurveda, and urgent care services to address a variety of ailments and medical conditions. Each patient, based on their needs and condition, receives a customized plan that is right for their health and lifestyle.

 

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

The curriculum coordinator holds a faculty appointment with teaching, service, and scholarship responsibilities consistent with the mission and philosophy of the OTD program. The Curriculum Coordinator is responsible for all program curricular planning, implementation, and review processes and will work directly with program faculty to ensure a comprehensive and coordinated curriculum based on foundational documents, best evidence, and contemporary clinical practice. Additionally, the Curriculum Coordinator directs the evaluation of stakeholder input as part of ongoing curriculum review processes. Serving as Chair of Curriculum Committee, which serves as the primary coordinating body for all issues involving the OTD curriculum, the Curriculum coordinator educates faculty regarding the overall curriculum and how each course contributes to the overall curricular design; responds to college policies, employer, student and graduate feedback, and accreditation standards; conducts regular meetings with the faculty related to the curriculum; and coordinates the Annual Curriculum Review.

 

  1. Coordinator Responsibilities
  • Coordinates all activities of the Curriculum Committee.
  • Plans and conducts all Curriculum Committee meetings.
  • Assists Program Director in the management of core and adjunct faculty, to include teaching responsibilities, course evaluations, and professional development.
  • Educates all core and adjunct faculty regarding the curriculum plan, to include integration, threads, and their role in curriculum development and review.
  • Mentors faculty in the development of syllabi, including construction of objectives and learning activities.
  • Reviews all course syllabi and coordinates institutional review by the College.
  • Ensures proper sequencing of courses within the curriculum.
  • Coordinates class scheduling to optimize learning sequence.
  • Ensures that curriculum review is an ongoing process, culminating in an Annual Curriculum Review.
  • Coordinates and assists with agenda formation for the Annual Curriculum Review, to include:
      1. Annual review of the curriculum
        1. Review of Program mission, goals, and objectives.
        2. Summative results of Student Evaluation of the Curriculum.
        3. Summative review of adjunct, supportive, and guest faculty evaluations.
        4. Faculty input regarding curricular issues.
      2. Selected topics and current issues as recommended by faculty or indicated by professional trends.
      3. Reports all curriculum activities as an agenda item in each faculty meeting.
  • Provides primary Committee oversight to the following components of the Program Assessment Plan and ACOTE Self Study Report: Curriculum Plan / Academic Curriculum, Clinical Education Curriculum, and Program Resources.
  • Ensures all program policies, procedures, and practices under the responsibility of the Director of Curriculum provide for compliance with accreditation policies and procedures.

 

  1. Teaching and Education Responsibilities: Teach courses as agreed upon with the Program Director.

 

QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS:

  • Doctor of Occupational Therapy degree (OTD) with specialization in a discipline appropriate for teaching responsibilities. 
  • Earned terminal academic doctorate in a discipline appropriate for teaching responsibilities is highly recommended.
  • Understanding of higher education and contemporary clinical practice appropriate for leadership in occupational therapy clinical education.
  • Knowledge of legislative, regulatory, legal, and practice issues affecting didactic and clinical education, students, and the profession of occupational therapy.
  • Occupational therapist with an active, unrestricted license and eligible in Arizona.
  • Active in professional activities at local, state, and/or national levels.
  • Experience consistent with SCUHS System for Faculty Rank.
  • Must have a minimum of 2 years of documented experience in the field of Occupational Therapy that includes clinical, administrative, and scholarship experience.

 

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

  • A minimum of 3 years of experience in a full-time academic appointment with teaching

responsibilities at the postsecondary level, preferred experience with the ACOTE accreditation process.

  • Must have working knowledge of the current ACOTE Standards and Interpretive Guide.
  • Must have effective communication, organization, interpersonal, problem-solving, and advising

skills.

  • Experience in educational theory and methodology, instructional design, student evaluation and

outcome assessment.

  • Computer skills in a Windows OS environment; proficiency with Microsoft TEAMS, Microsoft

Office applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint.

Expectations of SCU Employees SCU Core Values:

  1. Integrative Health: We teach, learn, collaborate, and lead by creating an open environment for multiple disciplines and professionals to bring their shared and unique skills together for the benefit of patients and students.
  2. Evidence-based Practice: We value a culture of inquiry, assessment, research, scholarship, and judicious use of current best evidence to inform our decisions and work.
  3. Health Equity: We value people equally. We strive to educate graduates that are prepared to improve individual and community health.
  4. Inclusivity: We welcome everyone regardless of age, race, ethnicity, class, religion, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, disability, or any other similar or protected status. We believe inclusivity leads to more diversity in our reasoning, better representativeness in our conclusions, more ingenuity in our problem solving, and greater equity in our care

 

WHY CONSIDER THIS OPPORTUNITY:

Dynamic university with integrative health emphasis. SCU is experiencing unprecedented

enrollment growth, which has led to diversified programmatic offerings with an emphasis on

interprofessional education and interprofessional practice.

 

New transformative leadership on campus. The university has hired several new administrative

leaders and together they have transformed academic programming, technology, marketing,

admissions/enrollment, student services, and more.

 

SCU is a great place to work. SCU is recognized as one of the Chronicle of Higher Education’s

Best Places to Work. The university community lives its cores values of kindness, integrity,

determination, and humor. The culture is healthy and upbeat. People treat each other with

collegiality and respect.

 

PROCEDURE FOR CANDIDACY:

Confidential review of applications will begin immediately, and the process will continue until

the position is filled. Please submit application materials which include a letter of interest and

CV.

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